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EUMETSAT Science Blog
Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves, leading to droughts in some areas.
10 January 2007 00:00 UTC
In the early weeks of 2007, heavy rain caused many deaths in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo resulting from severe flooding and related accidents.
June and July 2019
Maximum temperature records were broken in many parts of Europe in June and July 2019, due to a series of heatwaves.
13 November 2006 00:00 UTC
Severe storm at Klerksdorp, South Africa in November 2006.
Period June–July 2016 and 2017
Following an extremely dry spring causing a drought, parts of Italy suffered from water shortages in 2017.
28 November 2013 09:00–18:00 UTC
Severe thunderstorms with golf ball size hail and flash floods hit Gauteng province of South Africa in late November.
11 March 2021 16:30 UTC-15 March 23:00 UTC
Meteosat-8 spots series of dust outbreaks in March 2021.
11 September 2017 00:00–10:45 UTC
In mid-September 2017 a huge mesoscale convective system (MCS) in Croatia caused flash floods, widespread material damage and even jeopardised human lives.
1 October 2009 00:00 UTC
In 2009, highly depressed rainfall was once again observed over a large portion of the Kenya.
18 October 2009 00:00 UTC
Fires and rapidly growing burn scars over Mali and Burkina Faso.
